Method and apparatus for processing application program, and mobile terminal therefor

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure, pertaining to the field of computer technologies, discloses a method and apparatus for processing an application program, and a mobile terminal therefor. The method includes: determining a current running state of an application program currently opened on a mobile terminal; performing a corresponding operation for the opened application program according to the determined running state. The apparatus includes: a determining module, configured to determine a current running state of an application program currently opened on a mobile terminal; an operation performing module, configured to perform a corresponding operation for the opened application program according to the determined running state. According to the present disclosure, current running states of application programs opened on a mobile terminal are determined, and corresponding operations are performed for the opened application programs according to the determined different running states. This, as compared with performing the same operation for all opened application programs, saves system processing resources, power, and network bandwidth resources.

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.2011102464971, filed before Chinese Patent Office on Aug. 25, 2011 andentitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING APPLICATION PROGRAM, ANDMOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR”, which is incorporated herein by reference inits entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies,and in particular, to method and apparatus for processing an applicationprogram, and a mobile terminal therefor.

BACKGROUND

With the development of science and technology, the functionality ofmobile terminals is more and more powerful, and more and moreapplication programs are integrated on mobile terminals. Accordingly,how to effectively manage the application programs becomes a hot issuefor research.

Currently, once an application program on a mobile terminal is opened,one operational policy is performed by the system for the openedapplication program before the application program is closed. Forexample, a screen refresh operation is performed for the openedapplication program, or such an operation as network request isperformed with a fixed frequency.

To sum up, the prior art has at least the following problem:

When a plurality of application programs are opened on a mobileterminal, a user may not use or operate some of the applicationprograms, and therefore, performing the same operation policy for allopened application programs will consume a large number of systemprocessing resources, and waste power and network bandwidth resources.

SUMMARY

To save system processing resources, power, and network bandwidthresources, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method andapparatus for processing an application program, and a mobile terminaltherefore. The technical solutions are as follows:

A method for processing an application program is provided, where themethod includes:

determining a current running state of an application program currentlyopened on a mobile terminal; and

performing a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state.

The determining a current running state of an application programcurrently opened on a mobile terminal includes:

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program,determining that the opened application program is currently in aforeground running state;

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is not performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program,determining that the opened application program is currently in asemi-foreground and semi-background running state; and

when the interface of the opened application program is not displayed onthe screen of the mobile terminal, determining that the openedapplication program is currently in a background running state.

The performing a corresponding operation for the opened applicationprogram according to the determined running state includes:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, performing a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, performing no screen refreshoperation and/or performing a network operation with a second frequencyfor the opened application program, where the second frequency issmaller than the first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, performing no screen refresh operation and/or performinga network operation with a third frequency for the opened applicationprogram, where the third frequency is smaller than the second frequency.

The performing a corresponding operation for the opened applicationprogram according to the determined running state further includes:

performing a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state.

The performing a corresponding operation for the opened applicationprogram according to the determined running state and the duration ofthe determined running state includes:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, performing a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, performing no screen refreshoperation for the opened application program, and/or performing networkoperations with different frequencies for the opened application programduring different time segments of the duration of the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, where the longer the duration of thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state is, the smaller thefrequency of the network operation is, and the different frequencies ofthe network operations in the semi-foreground and semi-backgroundrunning state are smaller than the first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, performing no screen refresh operation for the openedapplication program, and/or performing network operations with differentfrequencies for the opened application program during different timesegments of the duration of the background running state, where thedifferent frequencies of the network operations in the backgroundrunning state are smaller than the different frequencies of the networkoperations in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state.

An apparatus for processing an application program is provided, wherethe apparatus includes:

a determining module, configured to determine a current running state ofan application program currently opened on a mobile terminal; and

an operation performing module, configured to perform a correspondingoperation for the opened application program according to the determinedrunning state.

The determining module is further configured to:

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program, determinethat the opened application program is currently in a foreground runningstate;

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is not performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program, determinethat the opened application program is currently in a semi-foregroundand semi-background running state; and

when the interface of the opened application program is not displayed onthe screen of the mobile terminal, determine that the opened applicationprogram is currently in a background running state.

The operation performing module is further configured to:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, perform a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, perform no screen refresh operationand/or perform a network operation with a second frequency for theopened application program, where the second frequency is smaller thanthe first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, perform no screen refresh operation and/or perform anetwork operation with a third frequency for the opened applicationprogram, where the third frequency is smaller than the second frequency.

The operation performing module is further configured to:

perform a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state.

The operation performing module is further configured to:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, perform a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, perform no screen refresh operationfor the opened application program, and/or perform network operationswith different frequencies for the opened application program duringdifferent time segments of the duration of the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state, where the longer the duration of thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state is, the smaller thefrequency of the network operation is, and the different frequencies ofthe network operations in the semi-foreground and semi-backgroundrunning state are smaller than the first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, perform no screen refresh operation for the openedapplication program, and/or perform network operations with differentfrequencies for the opened application program during different timesegments of the duration of the background running state, where thedifferent frequencies of the network operations in the backgroundrunning state are smaller than the different frequencies of the networkoperations in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state.

A mobile terminal includes any one of the apparatuses for processing anapplication program as described above.

The mobile terminal is a mobile phone, where the mobile phone includes:a radio frequency circuit, an audio circuit, and a power circuit.

The radio frequency circuit is configured to establish communicationbetween the mobile phone and a wireless network, to implement datareceiving and transmission between the mobile phone and the wirelessnetwork.

The audio circuit is configured to: collect sounds and convert thecollected sounds into audio data, such that the mobile phone transmitsthe audio data to the wireless network via the radio frequency circuit;and/or convert the audio data received by the mobile phone from thewireless network via the radio frequency circuit into the sounds andplay the same for a user. The power circuit is configured to supplypower for each of circuits or components of the mobile phone. Thetechnical solutions provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure achieve the following beneficial effects:

current running states of application programs opened on a mobileterminal are determined, and corresponding operations are performed formthe opened application programs according to the determined differentrunning states, such that, as compared with performing the sameoperation for all opened application programs, system processingresources, power, and network bandwidth resources are saved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawingsrequired for describing the embodiments or the prior art will bedescribed as follows. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in thefollowing description merely show some embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can derive otherdrawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for processing an application programaccording to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processingan application program according to Embodiment 2 of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of thepresent disclosure clearer, the embodiments of the present disclosureare described in detail below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

Embodiment 1

Referring to FIG. 1, this embodiment provides a method for processing anapplication program. The method includes the following steps:

101: determining a current running state of an application programcurrently opened on a mobile terminal; and

102: performing a corresponding operation for the opened applicationprogram according to the determined running state.

Step 101 specifically includes: when the interface of the openedapplication program is displayed on top of the screen of the mobileterminal and a user is performing an operation on the interface of theopened application program, determining that the opened applicationprogram is currently in a foreground running state;

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is not performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program,determining that the opened application program is currently in asemi-foreground and semi-background running state;

when the interface of the opened application program is not displayed onthe screen of the mobile terminal, determining that the openedapplication program is currently in a background running state.

It should be noted that the determining process may be triggered bytriggering an apparatus for processing an application program on themobile terminal by the user, or application programs opened on themobile terminals are determined at an interval of a preset duration.This embodiment sets no limitation on the determining process.

Step 102 specifically includes:

102 a: when the opened application program is currently in theforeground running state, performing a screen refresh operation and/or anetwork operation with a first frequency;

102 b: when the opened application program is currently in thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state, performing no screenrefresh operation and/or performing a network operation with a secondfrequency for the opened application program, where the second frequencyis smaller than the first frequency; and

102 c: when the opened application program is currently in thebackground running state, performing no screen refresh operation and/orperforming a network operation with a third frequency for the openedapplication program, where the third frequency is smaller than thesecond frequency.

The network operations may be operations for maintaining communicationor connection with the network, or operations for acquiring networkstatus condition information. This embodiment sets no limitation on thespecific network operations.

Operations in steps 102 a, 102 b, and 102 c are described as followswith reference to the application scenarios.

The mobile terminal needs to periodically maintain communication orconnection with the network. If the application program opened on themobile terminal is in the foreground running state, the networkconnection operation is performed for the application program at aninterval of two minutes; if the application program opened on the mobileterminal is in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state,the network connection operation is performed for the applicationprogram at an interval of five minutes; and if the application programopened on the mobile terminal is in the background running state, thenetwork connection operation is performed for the application program atan interval of 10 minutes.

As seen from the above application scenario, according to the presentdisclosure, different operations may be performed for the openedapplication programs according to the determined different runningstates; and with the decrease of the frequency of using the applicationprograms by the user, the frequency of performing operations for theapplication programs by the system is decreased. In this way, the systemprocessing resources and the power of the mobile terminal and so on aresaved, and with the decrease of the frequency of the network operation,the network bandwidth resources linking to exterior are also saved.

Step 102 further includes:

performing a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state. Specifically, step 102 includes:

102 d: when the opened application program is currently in theforeground running state, performing a screen refresh operation and/or anetwork operation with a first frequency;

102 e: when the opened application program is currently in thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state, performing no screenrefresh operation for the opened application program, and/or performnetwork operations with different frequencies for the opened applicationprogram during different time segments of the duration of thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state, where the longer theduration of the semi-foreground and semi-background running state is,the smaller the frequency of the network operation is, and the differentfrequencies of the network operations in the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state are smaller than the first frequency; and

102 f: when the opened application program is currently in thebackground running state, performing no screen refresh operation for theopened application program, and/or perform network operations withdifferent frequencies for the opened application program duringdifferent time segments of the duration of the background running state,where the different frequencies of the network operations in thebackground running state are smaller than the different frequencies ofthe network operations in the semi-foreground and semi-backgroundrunning state.

Operations in steps 102 d, 102 e, and 102 f are described as followswith reference to the application scenarios.

The mobile terminal needs to periodically maintain communication orconnection with the network. If the application program opened on themobile terminal is in the foreground running state, the networkconnection operation is performed for the application program at aninterval of two minutes; if the application program opened on the mobileterminal is in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state,within the 10-minute duration of this state, the network connectionoperation is performed for the application program at an interval offour minutes, and within the 10-20-minute duration of this state, thenetwork connection operation is performed for the application program atan interval of five minutes, where the frequency of the networkoperation decreases with the increase of the duration of the state; andif the application program opened on the mobile terminal is in thebackground running state, within the 10-minute duration of this state,the network connection operation is performed for the applicationprogram at an interval of eight minutes, and within the 10-20-minuteduration of this state, the network connection operation is performedfor the application program at an interval of nine minutes, where thefrequency of the network operation decreases with the increase of theduration of the state.

As seen from the above application scenario, according to the presentdisclosure, different operations may be performed for the openedapplication programs according to the determined different runningstates and the duration thereof; and with the decrease of the frequencyof using the application programs by the user and the increase of theduration of the states, the frequency of performing operations for theapplication programs by the system is decreased. In this way, the systemprocessing resources, the power of the mobile terminal, and the networkbandwidth resources can be saved individually and they are moreefficiently saved.

It should be noted that the frequency of the network operation accordingto the present disclosures may be set or adjusted by a person skilled inthe art. Different frequencies may be set for mobile terminals havingdifferent capabilities. In addition, the frequency of the networkoperation may also be set or adjusted by a mobile terminal user.Different frequencies may be set according to the user's needs on thenetwork operation on the mobile terminal and user's operationpreferences.

According to this embodiment, current running states of applicationprograms opened on a mobile terminal are determined, and correspondingoperations are performed for the opened application programs accordingto the determined different running states, such that, as compared withperforming the same operation for all opened application programs,system processing resources, power, and network bandwidth resources aresaved.

Embodiment 2

Referring to FIG. 2, this embodiment provides an apparatus forprocessing an application program. The apparatus includes the followingsteps:

a determining module 201, configured to determine a current runningstate of an application program currently opened on a mobile terminal;and

an operation performing module 202, configured to perform acorresponding operation for the opened application program according tothe determined running state.

The determining module 201 is further configured to:

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program, determinethat the opened application program is currently in a foreground runningstate;

when the interface of the opened application program is displayed on topof the screen of the mobile terminal and a user is not performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program, determinethat the opened application program is currently in a semi-foregroundand semi-background running state;

when the interface of the opened application program is not displayed onthe screen of the mobile terminal, determine that the opened applicationprogram is currently in a background running state.

The operation performing module 202 is further configured to:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, perform a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, perform no screen refresh operationand/or perform a network operation with a second frequency for theopened application program, where the second frequency is smaller thanthe first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, perform no screen refresh operation and/or perform anetwork operation with a third frequency for the opened applicationprogram, where the third frequency is smaller than the second frequency.

The operation performing module 202 is further configured to:

perform a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state.

The operation performing module 202 is further configured to:

when the opened application program is currently in the foregroundrunning state, perform a screen refresh operation and/or a networkoperation with a first frequency;

when the opened application program is currently in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state, perform no screen refresh operationfor the opened application program, and/or perform network operationswith different frequencies for the opened application program duringdifferent time segments of the duration of the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state, where the longer the duration of thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state is, the smaller thefrequency of the network operation is, and the different frequencies ofthe network operations in the semi-foreground and semi-backgroundrunning state are smaller than the first frequency; and

when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, perform no screen refresh operation for the openedapplication program, and/or perform network operations with differentfrequencies for the opened application program during different timesegments of the duration of the background running state, where thedifferent frequencies of the network operations in the backgroundrunning state are smaller than the different frequencies of the networkoperations in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state.

According to this embodiment, current running states of applicationprograms opened on a mobile terminal are determined, and correspondingoperations are performed for the opened application programs accordingto the determined different running states, such that, as compared withperforming the same operation for all opened application programs,system processing resources, power, and network bandwidth resources aresaved.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a mobileterminal, where the mobile terminal includes any one of the apparatusesfor processing an application program as described above.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a mobileterminal. Preferably, the mobile terminal is a mobile phone. The mobileterminal includes any one of the apparatuses for processing anapplication program according to the above embodiments, and furtherincludes: a radio frequency circuit, an audio circuit, and a powercircuit.

The radio frequency circuit is configured to establish communicationbetween the mobile phone and a wireless network, to implement datareceiving and transmission between the mobile phone and the wirelessnetwork.

The audio circuit is configured to: collect sounds and convert thecollected sounds into audio data, such that the mobile phone transmitsthe audio data to the wireless network via the radio frequency circuit;and/or convert the audio data received by the mobile phone from thewireless network via the radio frequency circuit into the sounds andplay the same for a user.

The power circuit is configured to supply power for each of circuits orcomponents of the mobile phone to ensure that the mobile phone worksnormally.

The above-mentioned mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a man-machineinteraction terminal, an e-book, or another terminal device having thedisplaying function. When a mobile phone is used as the mobile terminal,the mobile phone further includes: a housing, a circuit board, amicrophone, and a loudspeaker so as to implement basic functions of themobile phone. The housing, circuit board, microphone, and loudspeakerare respectively described as follows:

The circuit board is arranged inside the housing.

The microphone is configured to collect sounds and convert the collectedsounds into audio data such that the mobile phone transmits the audiodata to the wireless network via the radio frequency circuit.

The loudspeaker is configured to convert the audio data received by themobile phone from the wireless network via the radio frequency circuitinto sounds, and play the same for a user.

It should be noted that, during processing of an application program,the apparatus for processing an application program according to theabove embodiment only is described by only using division of the abovefunctional modules for description. In practice, the functions may beassigned to different functional modules for implementation as required.To be specific, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided intodifferent functional modules to implement all or part of theabove-described functions. In addition, the apparatus for processing anapplication program according to the above embodiment is based on thesame inventive concept of the method for processing an applicationprogram according to the method embodiment, where the specificimplementation is elaborated in the method embodiments, which is not bedetailed herein any further.

A person skilled in the art should understand that all or part of stepsof the preceding methods may be implemented by hardware or hardwarefollowing instructions of programs. The programs may be stored in acomputer readable storage medium. The storage medium may be a read onlymemory, a magnetic disk, or a compact disc-read only memory.

Described above are merely preferred embodiments of the presentdisclosure, but are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Anymodification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made withoutdeparting from the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shouldfall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

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 31. A method for processing an application program,comprising: determining a current running state of an applicationprogram opened on a mobile terminal; and performing a correspondingoperation for the opened application program according to the determinedrunning state.
 32. The method according to claim 31, wherein thedetermining a current running state of an application program opened ona mobile terminal comprises: when the interface of the openedapplication program is displayed on top of the screen of the mobileterminal and a user is performing an operation on the interface of theopened application program, determining that the opened applicationprogram is currently in a foreground running state; when the interfaceof the opened application program is displayed on top of the screen ofthe mobile terminal and a user is not performing an operation on theinterface of the opened application program, determining that the openedapplication program is currently in a semi-foreground andsemi-background running state; and when the interface of the openedapplication program is not displayed on the screen of the mobileterminal, determining that the opened application program is currentlyin a background running state.
 33. The method according to claim 31,wherein the performing a corresponding operation for the applicationprogram according to the determined running state comprises: when theopened application program is currently in the foreground running state,performing a screen refresh operation and/or a network operation with afirst frequency for the opened application program; when the openedapplication program is currently in the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state, performing no screen refresh operationand/or performing a network operation with a second frequency for theopened application program, wherein the second frequency is smaller thanthe first frequency; and when the opened application program iscurrently in the background running state, performing no screen refreshoperation and/or performing a network operation with a third frequencyfor the opened application program, wherein the third frequency issmaller than the second frequency.
 34. The method according to claim 32,wherein the performing a corresponding operation for the applicationprogram according to the determined running state comprises: when theopened application program is currently in the foreground running state,performing a screen refresh operation and/or a network operation with afirst frequency for the opened application program; when the openedapplication program is currently in the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state, performing no screen refresh operationand/or performing a network operation with a second frequency for theopened application program, wherein the second frequency is smaller thanthe first frequency; and when the opened application program iscurrently in the background running state, performing no screen refreshoperation and/or performing a network operation with a third frequencyfor the opened application program, wherein the third frequency issmaller than the second frequency.
 35. The method according to claim 31,wherein the performing a corresponding operation for the applicationprogram according to the determined running state further comprises:performing a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state.
 36. The method according to claim 35, whereinthe performing a corresponding operation for the opened applicationprogram according to the determined running state and the duration ofthe determined running state comprises: when the opened applicationprogram is currently in the foreground running state, performing ascreen refresh operation and/or a network operation with a firstfrequency; when the opened application program is currently in thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state, performing no screenrefresh operation for the opened application program, and/or, performingnetwork operations with different frequencies for the opened applicationprogram during different time segments of the duration of thesemi-foreground and semi-background running state, wherein the longerthe duration of the semi-foreground and semi-background running stateis, the smaller the frequency of the network operation is, and thedifferent frequencies of the network operations in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state are smaller than the first frequency;and when the opened application program is currently in the backgroundrunning state, performing no screen refresh operation for the openedapplication program, and/or, performing network operations withdifferent frequencies for the opened application program duringdifferent time segments of the duration of the background running state,wherein the different frequencies of the network operations in thebackground running state are smaller than the different frequencies ofthe network operations in the semi-foreground and semi-backgroundrunning state.
 37. An apparatus for processing an application programstartup, comprising: a determining module, configured to determine acurrent running state of an application program currently opened on amobile terminal; and an operation performing module, configured toperform a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state.
 38. The apparatus accordingto claim 37, wherein the determining module is further configured to:determine that the opened application program is currently in aforeground running state when the interface of the opened applicationprogram is displayed on top of the screen of the mobile terminal and auser is performing an operation on the interface of the openedapplication program; determine that the opened application program iscurrently in a semi-foreground and semi-background running state whenthe interface of the opened application program is displayed on top ofthe screen of the mobile terminal and a user is not performing anoperation on the interface of the opened application program; anddetermine that the opened application program is currently in abackground running state when the interface of the opened applicationprogram is not displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal.
 39. Theapparatus according to claim 37, wherein the operation performing moduleis further configured to: perform a screen refresh operation and/or anetwork operation with a first frequency when the opened applicationprogram is currently in the foreground running state; perform no screenrefresh operation and/or perform a network operation with a secondfrequency for the opened application program when the opened applicationprogram is currently in the semi-foreground and semi-background runningstate, wherein the second frequency is smaller than the first frequency;and perform no screen refresh operation and/or perform a networkoperation with a third frequency for the opened application program whenthe opened application program is currently in the background runningstate, wherein the third frequency is smaller than the second frequency.40. The apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the operationperforming module is further configured to: perform a screen refreshoperation and/or a network operation with a first frequency when theopened application program is currently in the foreground running state;perform no screen refresh operation and/or perform a network operationwith a second frequency for the opened application program when theopened application program is currently in the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state, wherein the second frequency is smallerthan the first frequency; and perform no screen refresh operation and/orperform a network operation with a third frequency for the openedapplication program when the opened application program is currently inthe background running state, wherein the third frequency is smallerthan the second frequency.
 41. The apparatus according to claim 37wherein the operation performing module is further configured to:perform a corresponding operation for the opened application programaccording to the determined running state and the duration of thedetermined running state.
 42. The apparatus according to claim 41,wherein the operation performing module is further configured to:perform a screen refresh operation and/or a network operation with afirst frequency when the opened application program is currently in theforeground running state; perform no screen refresh operation for theopened application program when the opened application program iscurrently in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state,and/or, perform network operations with different frequencies for theopened application program during different time segments of theduration of the semi-foreground and semi-background running state,wherein the longer the duration of the semi-foreground andsemi-background running state is, the smaller the frequency of thenetwork operation is, and the different frequencies of the networkoperations in the semi-foreground and semi-background running state aresmaller than the first frequency; and perform no screen refreshoperation for the opened application program when the opened applicationprogram is currently in the background running state, and/or, performnetwork operations with different frequencies for the opened applicationprogram during different time segments of the duration of the backgroundrunning state, wherein the different frequencies of the networkoperations in the background running state are smaller than thedifferent frequencies of the network operations in the semi-foregroundand semi-background running state.
 43. A mobile terminal, comprising anapparatus for processing an application program according to claim 37.44. A mobile terminal, comprising an apparatus for processing anapplication program according to claim
 38. 45. A mobile terminal,comprising an apparatus for processing an application program accordingto claim
 39. 46. A mobile terminal, comprising an apparatus forprocessing an application program according to claim
 40. 47. A mobileterminal, comprising an apparatus for processing an application programaccording to claim
 41. 48. A mobile terminal, comprising an apparatusfor processing an application program according to claim
 42. 49. Themobile terminal according to claim 43, wherein the mobile terminal is amobile phone, wherein the mobile phone comprises: a radio frequencycircuit, an audio circuit, and a power circuit; wherein the radiofrequency circuit is configured to establish communication between themobile phone and a wireless network, to implement data receiving andtransmission between the mobile phone and the wireless network; theaudio circuit is configured to: collect sounds and convert the collectedsounds into audio data, such that the mobile phone transmits the audiodata to the wireless network via the radio frequency circuit; and/orconvert the audio data received by the mobile phone from the wirelessnetwork via the radio frequency circuit into the sounds and play thesame for a user; and the power circuit is configured to supply power foreach of circuits or components of the mobile phone.